From Rohan Davis’ “Europe’s Favorite Scapegoat - The Romani (Gypsy is a slur)”
“Eastern Europe had serfdom not slavery therefore Eastern Europe is a victim too, actually”, “Black people were not discriminated against because of their color or race but because of their way of life” okay Romani understander.
OP’s reply goes hard.
Yeah when I was young I thought it just meant a particular flavor of traveling performer, maybe with some fortune telling thrown in for good measure. More like an old timey version of a carnie than an ethnic group.